Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar | |
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6th Chief of Defence Forces | |
In office 1 December 1977 – 19 January 1982 | |
Monarchs | Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah |
Prime Minister | Hussein Onn Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister of Defence | Hussein Onn Abdul Taib Mahmud Mahathir Mohamad |
Preceded by | Ibrahim Ismail |
Succeeded by | Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth |
6th Chief of Army | |
In office 1 July 1975 – 30 November 1977 | |
Preceded by | Ungku Nazaruddin Ungku Mohamed |
Succeeded by | Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth |
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Born | (1927-01-19)19 January 1927 Selayang, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Died | 21 August 2015(2015-08-21) (aged 88) Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Resting place | Royal Malay Regiment Section, Armed Forces Islamic Cemetery, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan |
Spouse | Puan Sri Normah Mahmud |
Children | 5 (including Tan Sri Mohd Reza Sany) |
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Years of service | 1949-1982 |
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Unit | Royal Malay Regiment |
General Mohd Sany bin Abdul Ghaffar (19 January 1927 – 21 August 2015) was the 6th Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia.[1]
Mohd Sany died on 21 August 2015 at the old age of 88 (33 years into his retirement from the military since 1982, when he turned 55 years old in that year) and was buried at the Royal Malay Regiment section of the Armed Forces Muslim cemetery in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.[2]
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